[DC LoCo] Slashdot: Linux: A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux

[Nicholas Wheeler]

An ex-yorktown student, Waseem Daher, helped out with this ksplice
dealy. Just thought ya'll should know. ;)

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/2341249/A-Never-Reboot-Service-For-Linux
>
> Linux: A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux
> Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 09, @07:21PM
> from the bits-don't-rot dept.
> Tags: security, linux
>
> An anonymous reader writes
>
> "Ksplice[1], the company based on the MIT Ksplice project[2], is now
> offering its 'never reboot' service for Red Hat, Debian, and other
> Linux distros. You subscribe and get real-time kernel security updates
> that apply in-memory instead of rebooting. Last summer we discussed
> the free service for Ubuntu[3]. Cool tech, but will people really pay
> $4 a month[4] for this?"
>
> References:
> 1. http://www.ksplice.com/
> 2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/04/24/1334234/Patch-the-Linux-Kernel-Without-Reboots
> 3. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/06/27/2238255/Ksplice-Offers-Rebootless-Updates-For-Ubuntu-Systems
> 4. http://www.ksplice.com/pricing
>
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